Moscow prosecutor’s office refers the case against young women from the Pussy Riot punk rock group to court.Nadezhda Tolokonnikova, Yekaterina Samutsevich and Maria Alekhina are facing up to 7 years behind bars.On February 21, several Pussy Riot members staged so-called ‘punk prayer’ performance inside Moscow’s Christ the Savior Cathedral. They yelled the song criticizing the Church and the government. A criminal case was opened in March and three members of the group were arrested.The Pussy Riot case drew a wide public response. In June, over a hundred of prominent Russian intellectuals signed an open letter to support the members of the band, arguing they should bear responsibility under administrative law.